Meeting with Putin
North Korea’s ruler arrives in Russia
Kim Jong Un waves from the door of his train at Pyongyang train station. photo
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Kim Jong Un has apparently crossed the border with Russia in his private train. There is still speculation about the reasons for the meeting between North Korea’s rulers and the Kremlin chief.
According to South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way to a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin Russia arrived. The Defense Ministry in Seoul said there were indications that Kim’s private train crossed the border on Tuesday morning (local time).
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin’s meeting with Kim would take place in the Russian Far East. The spokesman was quoted by the state news agency Tass as saying where exactly has not yet been said. There will be meetings between the two delegations and individual discussions before an official dinner.
After days of speculation abroad, Moscow and Pyongyang only confirmed Kim’s “official visit” to Russia on Monday. The USA suspects that it will primarily be about arms deals between Russia and the strictly isolated North Korea. Although there was no official information yet, there was speculation that the two could meet at an economic forum in Russia’s Far Eastern metropolis of Vladivostok. The forum lasts until Wednesday.
North Korea’s state media reported on Tuesday that Kim had already boarded his train in Pyongyang on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by representatives of the ruling Workers’ Party, the government and the military. Pictures showed that he was accompanied by Foreign Minister Choe Sun Hui, among others.